Discovering Ancient Sardis

Sardis was the capital city of the fabled Lydian king Croesus, whose wealth in gold and silver were beyond the imagination. Recent archaeological discoveries have told us a lot about the teeming life and mysterious death of the great city. And from archaeologist Nick Cahill we’ll find out where the wealth came from, how the city failed when it was at the peak of its power, and how it fared under the Persians, under the Greek empire of Alexander the Great, and the Romans. We’ll discover a pyramid bigger by far than anything the Egyptians built, encounter an invention from Sardis that’s with us everyday today, and learn hear the stories of the men and women who inhabited the lost city.